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Show BRYAN FLIPS JEST ON DAVID - BENNETT HILL TOLEDO, O., March 10. W. J. Bryan, who was in the city yesterday, told of his recent visit to New Tork, and added that the people in that State knew less about politics than they do in the West. . "They asked me about Judge Parker," he said, "and I told them I could say nothing until I knew his attitude on national- questions. They answered that he was a Judge and that it would not be proper for him to discuss present pres-ent topics." - "What da you think Hill Intends to dor "Well. I think Mr. Hill Is tossing a penny to see whether he or Judge Parker will run. The trouble of the plan is that Hill has an old penny that he has tossed so often that he does not know which side Is head and which is tall." "What have you to say regarding the record of Congress?" "What Congress has done is easily ascertained. Find out how much there was in the treasury before the session ' began and find out how much there Is now. The wonder Is that they did not take It all." Mr. Bryan declined to discuss the Issues Is-sues and candidates in the next campaign, cam-paign, but when asked to make a statement, state-ment, said: "Political success depends on two things opportunity and taking advantage of It. A political party must advocate the policies it believes best for the people, and then trust to events to vindicate the wisdom of its course. "I believe K the Democratic party har taken . the people's side of the public question discussed In 1896 and 1900. and I believe that if It maintains its integrity in-tegrity and allows no doubt to arise as to its fidelity to the people's cause It will be only a question of time, and not a long time either, before enough Republicans Re-publicans will be disgusted with the policy of the Republican party to again put the Democratic party in power. "Such a victory when won will bring relief to the people from all the policies of the Republican party. We cannot win a victory by compromise, and If we should win a victory by such means it would be as disastrous to the Republican Repub-lican party as Cleveland's victory in 1892 proved to be.". . Asked as to his opinion on the Wabash. Wa-bash. Mr. Bryan said: "The merits of the controversy between the company and Its employees are overshadowed by I the menace of the process known as , government by Injunction. The Democrats Demo-crats have long been calling attention to the danger that lurks In the -abuse of the judicial power, but it seems to take a. severe object lesson to make the people acquainted with a bad policy." |